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Old 21st February 2016, 16:53   #1
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Default Beware of hacked ISOs if you downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th

We were exposed to an intrusion today. It was brief and it shouldn’t impact many people, but if it impacts you, it’s very important you read the information below.

What happened?

Hackers made a modified Linux Mint ISO, with a backdoor in it, and managed to hack our website to point to it.

http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2994
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